On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 17:51 -0500, Adam wrote: > Thanks, Allen and Chris and Michael! > > > Allen Weiner wrote: > > Many motherboards have Usenet newgroups. You might find help there. (If > > you're not familiar with Usenet, you can use Google Groups to search > > Usenet archives.) > > > > > Thanks for the suggestions, Allen! I'll Google, and if necessary post > to, the HP/Compaq newsgroups.
Other newsgroups to consider are alt.comp.periphs.mainboard*. (This includes newsgroups for Asus,Gigabyte etc plus a generic motherboard newsgroup for all manufacturers. I don't see a dedicated newsgroup for Intel motherboards. I assume HP/Compaq uses Intel motherboards.) > > Thanks for the link! It's been downloaded and added to my "to read" > list. Right now I'm going through "Upgrading and Repairing PCs, 18th > edition" to learn about the hardware in my new system -- things like > SATA and DDR2 RAM are new to me. > > I've found Google Book search extremely worthwhile for Linux and hardware things. (The Google web search often displays a few hits from Google Books, but selecting Google Books yields far more useful results in many cases.) _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Feb 6 - DBUS Mar 5 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using Linux
